Kika Markham
Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham (born 1940) is an English actress.
Markham is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007). She has three sisters: Petra, Sonia and Jehane Markham.
Markham has had a long career in the cinema, television and theatre as an actress. Among her television appearances are roles in Edward & Mrs. Simpson, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, A Very British Coup, Van der Valk, The Line of Beauty, Minder, Cracker, Agatha Christie's Poirot (The Double Clue), Sherlock Holmes' Wisteria Lodge and Mr Selfridge. Her films include Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), Futtocks End (1970), François Truffaut's Two English Girls (1971), Operation Daybreak (1975), Noroît (1976), The Blood of Hussain (1980), High Tide (1980), Outland (1981, as Sean Connery's wife), The Innocent (1985), Wonderland (1999), Esther Kahn (2000), Killing Me Softly (2002) and Franklyn (2008).
Markham married actor Corin Redgrave in Wandsworth, London, in 1985. The couple have two sons, Harvey (b. 1979) and Arden (b. 1983).
Markham and Redgrave appeared together twice on screen: first in Lynda La Plante's Trial and Retribution (2000) as a judge and barrister, respectively; and later in the BBC's Waking The Dead (episode "Special Relationship: Part 1") as lovers suspected of the murder of a government advisor. They also appeared on stage together in an acclaimed revival of Noël Coward's A Song at Twilight, along with sister-in-law Vanessa Redgrave. Her sisters are the actress Petra Markham; the poet and dramatist Jehane Markham, widow of actor Roger Lloyd-Pack; and Sonia.[citation needed] In April 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Grace Wilson.
Markham's memoir of her husband, Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave, was published in 2014.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2389 |
| Birthday | 1940-01-01 |
| Place of Birth | Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham, Erika S.L. Markham, |
1981
Outland
6.433/684
On the sunless moon Io, Marshall William T. O’Niel goes toe-to-toe with the corrupt manager of a mining colony and his gang of roughnecks while invest...
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Outland
1999
Coup
10/1
A documentary film about the 1960, 1971, 1980, and 1997 military interventions and coups d'etat in Turkey.
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Coup
1970
Futtocks End
5.778/9
Entirely silent, with a musical score, sound effects and incoherent mutterings, the story revolves around a weekend gathering at the decaying country...
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Futtocks End
2008
Franklyn
6.012/386
Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four...
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Franklyn
1999
Wonderland
6.471/35
There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, p...
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Wonderland
1971
Two English Girls
6.954/162
In the early 20th-century, Frenchman Claude meets Englishwoman Ann in Paris. Ann invites him to her family home, intending him for her sister Muriel....
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Two English Girls
1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
10/1
While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the p...
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Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1983
Miss A and Miss M
0/0
Young Lizzie Cole and her newly widowed mother go to stay in the country at a small guesthouse occupied by spinsters, retired schoolmasters and young...
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Miss A and Miss M
1976
Noroît
7.105/19
After her brother was killed by a notorious all-female pirate gang, Morag dedicates her life to bringing the murderers to justice. Soon, she has becom...
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Noroît
1977
Bukovsky
6/2
Alan Clarke's documentary about Soviet writer and dissident Vladimir Bukovsky, who had left the Soviet Union in 1976 after years spent in their prison...
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Bukovsky
1989
Arms and the Man
9.5/2
First produced on the London stage in 1894, "Arms and the Man" immediately established Shaw's reputation as one of the greatest wits in London drama....
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Arms and the Man
1977
Cross Now
7/1
In Cross Now, during a blazing row with his boss, strangely enough architect Michael Ponsford still gets his promotion. However, he does not get much...
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Cross Now
1976
Double Dare
0/0
Martin Ellis (Alan Dobie) is a blocked screenwriter who invites Helen, an actress (Kika Markham), to a hotel in central London to discuss an idea for...
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Double Dare
1978
News from Nowhere
10/1
In 1880, William Morris travels with his family and friends, as they navigate the Thames en-route to Oxford. Their journey is punctuated by champagne...
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News from Nowhere
1997
Michael Redgrave: My Father
0/0
Corin Redgrave presents a portrait of his father, Michael Redgrave, exploring his personality, nature and what he was like as a father. He uses family...
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Michael Redgrave: My Father
2005
Dirty Filthy Love
6.536/28
A man's life falls apart as a result of his affliction with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette's Syndrome in this touching and funny tale.
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Dirty Filthy Love
1975
Operation: Daybreak
6.958/48
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
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Operation: Daybreak
2023
Us & In Between
0/0
Two long-lost lovers in their 80s, Agnes and Eddie, reignite their flame against all odds with hilarious and touching consequences.
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Us & In Between
1980
High Tide
8/1
Ian McShane stars as Peter Curtis, who has just been released from prison after serving four years for manslaughter. His victim's mysterious last word...
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High Tide
2023
The Old Oak
7.208/400
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The Old Oak
1991
A Woman at War
6.5/2
Helene Moskiewicz, a young Jewish woman living in pre-World War II Belgium, is forced to suffer through German occupation by watching her parents arre...
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A Woman at War
1967
Romeo and Juliet
0/0
BBC Play of the Month adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic love story.
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Romeo and Juliet
1980
Blade on the Feather
5.818/11
A reclusive author is visited by a young admirer - but both men are more than they claim to be.
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Blade on the Feather
2008
Einstein and Eddington
6.871/151
Brilliant physicist Albert Einstein, and English scientist Arthur Eddington form an unlikely friendship during World War I, which leads to the creatio...
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Einstein and Eddington
2008
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
6.1/9
After Tom Hurndall is shot in the head in Gaza, his parents Anthony and Jocelyn arrive in Israel wanting to know how it could have happened. They expe...
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1985
The Innocent
6.667/3
A young Yorkshire boy struggles to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mo...
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The Innocent
1981
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
0/0
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George charts the life of the controversial Liberal politician with Philip Madoc in the titular role. The title them...
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The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
2002
Killing Me Softly
5.605/367
A woman grows suspicious of her controlling husband after she discovers secrets about the women in his past.
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Killing Me Softly
2012
After Tomorrow
8/1
Returning to the village of his estranged wife, James grows increasingly concerned when the sinister owner of the guest house refuses to let him leave...
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After Tomorrow
1980
The Blood of Hussain
6.667/9
A dramatic depiction of the life of Hussain, with allegorical references to the history of the Prophet Muhammad and his descendants. It is prophesied...
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The Blood of Hussain
2006
Longford
6.5/48
A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflic...
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Longford
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
5.2/16
Ireland's bloody 1916 Easter Uprising, the suffragette movement in England, a Zeppelin raid, and a meeting with a rising young British cabinet member...
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2018
High Strung Free Dance
7.292/240
Zander Raines, a dazzling and tempestuous young choreographer, gives the break of a lifetime to two hopeful artists when he casts a stunning contempor...
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High Strung Free Dance
2000
Esther Kahn
5.926/27
A Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress.
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Esther Kahn
1974
Sea Song
1/2
Millionaire recluse Ray Carter takes part in a single handed race across the Atlantic - but soon discovers a stowaway.
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1967
The Basement
0/0
An uneasy friendship between an introspective loner and a more gregarious man is renewed when the latter turns up at the former's basement flat one ra...
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The Basement
1997
The Woman In White
6.625/28
Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving...
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The Woman In White
2015
Break
7.5/2
Following an initial misunderstanding between an older couple and a young family, fate takes a hand in bringing both parties closer together. One smal...
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2007
The Fever
5.375/16
Tells the story of a woman who gets involved in politics with no previous contact with world events.
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The Fever
1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing
7.235/206
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
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